ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command

[theniwo]

~ locate iwgetid
/sbin/iwgetid

~ wifi-password
ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command

This was run on Ubuntu 18.04.5 LTS

[Adrianordp]

I'm pulling the fix

[Adrianordp]

The pull request #5 fixes it.

[sdushantha]

Closing this issue since it has been fixed in #5

[littlediobolic]

Just tested the newest version and this error seems to persist.

$ sudo wifi-password
ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command

[theniwo]

I get:
ERROR: You need to run '/home/niwo/.local/bin/wifi-password' as root
and when run with sudo
sudo: wifi-password: command not found
:D

[sdushantha]

I don't have a Linux machine at the moment. Would you guys be willing to try and figure out why this error is arising?

[littlediobolic]

Sure thing, after looking my box does not have the iwgetid binary. I am trying to locate and install it and see if that fixes the problem.

[theniwo]

Isn't it possible for you to run a virtual machine?

[sdushantha]

@littlediobolic The only computer I have is my school MacBook. We unfortunately have restrictions when it comes to installing apps on our computers. So I can't install a virtual machine.

[littlediobolic]

That's the problem, which I guess was obvious. I resolved by installing the wireless-tools package on my machine to get the iwgetid command.

For Arch/Manjaro: sudo pacman -S wireless_tools
For Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

I'm not super programming savvy so I probably couldnt write something to install those packages on install, but I could make a PR with comments to install wireless-tools if you'd like?

[theniwo]

install those packages on install

Not a good idea. Better print an error message that the package is missing. Also, if it is required it should to be mentioned in the readme

[Adrianordp]

ERROR: You need to run '/home/niwo/.local/bin/wifi-password' as root
and when run with sudo
sudo: wifi-password: command not found

@theniwo Uninstall with sudo and without sudo:
pip3 uninstall wifi-password ; sudo pip3 uninstall wifi-password

Then reinstall via:
sudo pip3 install wifi-password.

Tell us if it works now.

[theniwo]

ERROR: Cound not find password

(Wasn't that typo also fixed in the pr by ImranVirani)

[jans-de]

That's the problem, which I guess was obvious. I resolved by installing the wireless-tools package on my machine to get the iwgetid command.

For Arch/Manjaro: sudo pacman -S wireless-tools
For Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install wireless-tools

I'm not super programming savvy so I probably couldnt write something to install those packages on install, but I could make a PR with comments to install wireless-tools if you'd like?

The package for Arch/Manjaro is actually called wireless_tools so the command is sudo pacman -S wireless_tools

[littlediobolic]

The package for Arch/Manjaro is actually called wireless_tools so the command is sudo pacman -S wireless_tools

Yup just noticed and edited my comment. Im working on a PR to add this to the README and to the error message

[sdushantha]

I am closing this PR as this issue seems to be fixed

[ghost]

I am closing this PR as this issue seems to be fixed

I'm in Debian 10, the problem persist after installing wireless-tools via APT.

ERROR: Can't find the 'iwgetid' command
Please ensure wireless-tools is installed on your machine.

If I go with sudo:

ERROR: Cound not find password

[littlediobolic]

@Engineer22
Is iwgetid present on your system?

which iwgetid

[Adrianordp]

@Engineer22 Your output for
/etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/
has your connection configuration files for each SSID you've connected. On Ubuntu, these files has the extension nmconnection. How does Debian's connection files look like?

[ghost]

@Adrianordp @littlediobolic

these are the results with the SSIDs manipulated:

sudo which iwgetid
/usr/sbin/iwgetid

cd /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/
ls
name1.nmconnection name2.nmconnection

[Adrianordp]

Your SSID appears when you input
iwgetid -r
on terminal?

[ghost]

Yes it does.

sudo iwgetid -r
name2

[littlediobolic]

Does cat /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/{ssid}.nmconnection | grep psk= return anything? Replacing {ssid} for name2 of course

[ghost]

I found the problem.

I have 2 SSIDs, one named name1 and one named name2. Both have space between them:

name 1 & name 2

after reading again the results of /etc/NetworkManager/system-connections/ they're displayed as 'name 1' & 'name 2'.
If I create a new AP and name it as name3 (no space), the script prints successfully.

The program needs to take into consideration that some SSIDs may have space between their names.